September 2012 Grocery Challenge

Hiddenidenity

Still havent be grocery shopping

Small spend of £4.09 on washing tabs and fabric conditioner and £1.25 on bread.

helen_jelly

Morning everyone
I've just caught up with over 200 posts and I've updated the front page so if I've missed your total please nudge me

camNolliesMUMMY - I think I'm confused with your posts hun, I update the front page with your budget but not with your spends - your signature is prob the best place to keep a track of what you are spending - if I've got that wrong and you want me to update your budget [target] then please tell me again and I'll change it :]]

Happy no spending everyone

Helen x

liz-paul

Can you freeze milk? Just wondering about buying big bottles and freezing smaller bottles....?

lollyfin

I used to freeze milk all the time, its fine.

she_who_can_not_cook

lollyfin wrote: »

I used to freeze milk all the time, its fine.

i second but dont forget to take a bit out for expantion before you freeze

she_who_can_not_cook

altering my sig today i have been to aldi/iceland then lidl .. not been there in years but there is now one i can walk to 38min each way so frozen is out of the question lol but i got some bits and bobs on the way home i was near asda so got him the 2 for 2 quid coke thats on offer

savesummore

Spent another £12 on eating out lastnight :eek: its fair to say this month has gone completely to pot!!

My month runs 24th August-23rd Sept and im already now over budget :eek:Plan is to spend as little as possible between now and 23rd Sept, draw a line under it and start again next month!

Bluegreen143

mossy wrote: »

I think you've come up with a really good idea!! Well done for trying to work through it together.

DH moaned at me the other day when I made the meal planner for the month and he kept wanting to change it!! He said I'd left him out of the meal planning! Which is a little ironic because most of the time he's completely uninterested!! :rotfl: I know DH works really really hard and I'm always saying there's no money so I can see why he feels frustrated at times. I try to have a little bit of cash spare so that when they want chips or an ice cream when we walk along the river I don't always have to say no.

I'm really impressed with the solution you've come up with, it should make it a fun challenge too. :T

Thanks! I'm hoping it will be fun, but also might make OH appreciate how much work it takes to stick in budget (and eat healthily which is another rule!). He will be happy to go over and pay himself so I don't think he will keep in budget, just as long as I'm not paying extra that's fine. Will be nice to have a break from making bread, rigid meal planning, remembering to defrost things and box up leftovers and use up wrinkly veg, and just be spoiled by OH's lovely cooking! Though I hate waste and OH is awful for wasting things so I'm sure I'll have to bite my tongue about that all week lol.

My OH moans about the meal plans too! Every week I say "are you OK with this" and he's always busy or whatever, then he moans during the week. Think he just prefers to decide what he's having on the night tbh and feels meal plans are too restrictive!

Nicky_Noo_Na

Well Tues, Wed, Thurs were NSDs :-)
BUT, I've managed to do three shops this weekend, eek.
Friday was £28.37 in MrA, Sat £5 again in MrA as they had no pizzas on Fri and I needed to spend £5 to get free parking so got a couple of frozen bits that will keep and then £16.95 in Mr S today as I had a coupon to use and they had some good fruit and frozen offers on. This makes a total of £50.32 this weekend which is a fair bit more than I would usually spend but I bought a few bulky things and hoping to just need a few bits which I can get on the bus next weekend. I'm happy with the price I paid for each item as I compare before I shop and frozen stuff will keep but I'm not used to stocking up so feel bad for spending so much. Hopefully it will even out after a (hopeuflly) small shop next week.

Freezer is full anyway, just had bacon for lunch and an ice-cream to free up some room - its a hard life ey!

Enjoying the afternoon sunshine and then back to work tomorrow - and hopefully several NSDs!

jumblejack

Hope everyone is enjoying the fine weather!!!
I'm gardening today and then making cordial from elderberries for the freezer and for immediate use.

All the best